title: The isolation, identification and characterization of sulfated glycosaminoglycans synthesized in vitro by human eosinophils.
abstract: Human eosinophils were purified to greater than 92% using 16-30% metrizamide gradients, and these cells cultured for up to 72 h in vitro to label sulfated glycosaminoglycans. Over 90% of the sulfated glycosaminoglycan-containing material was extracted in 4 M guanidine HCl and had a hydrodynamic size similar to a glycosaminoglycan marker with an approximate average molecular weight of 60,000. Treatment of this salt-extracted 35S-labeled glycosaminoglycan-containing material with 0.5 M NaOH resulted in a change in mass to approx. 20,000 daltons, suggesting that the larger molecules were proteoglycans with side chains with an approximate molecular weight of 20,000. These salt extracted presumptive 35S-labeled proteoglycans were protease insensitive and behaved in a highly charged fashion on DEAE-cellulose. The composition of 35S-labeled glycosaminoglycans from human eosinophils as identified using selected polysaccharides was 70-81% chondroitin 4-sulfate, 9-12% chondroitin 6-sulfate, and 5-12% dermatan sulfate. The predominance of chondroitin 4-sulfate in human eosinophils is similar to the predominance of chondroitin 4-sulfate in human neutrophils and human platelets.
mesh_terms: D002469:Cell Separation; D002807:Chondroitin / Q000031:analogs & derivatives*; D002809:Chondroitin Sulfates / Q000097:blood / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D002848:Chromatography, DEAE-Cellulose; D004804:Eosinophils / Q000032:analysis*; D006801:Humans; D008970:Molecular Weight
chemical_list: D002807:Chondroitin; D002809:Chondroitin Sulfates